Diabetes : A Leading Cause Of Death Around The World

Along with all the worries and complications a woman might face while pregnant, one of the more serious conditions is gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes occurs in 4% of all pregnancies (Seibel, 2009). Many women are not informed about the disease, some may not know that they need to be tested, and others may have heard about it, but want more information on what may cause it and/or how to prevent and treat it. Either way this disease needs to be taken seriously by every pregnant woman or woman planning to get pregnant to protect not only herself but the unborn child.

Diabetes is a disease where the body is unable to produce or use insulin effectively. Insulin is needed for proper storage and use of carbohydrates. Without it, blood sugar levels can become too high or too low, resulting in a diabetic emergency. It affects about 7.8% of the population. The incidence of diabetes is known to increase with age. It’s the leading cause of end-stage renal disease in the US, and is the primary cause of blindness and foot and leg amputation. It is known to cause neuropathy in up to 70% of diabetic patients. Individuals with diabetes are twice as likely to develop cardiovascular disease. There are two types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2.

Most pregnancies progress with the mother being healthy, however in some cases problems do arise with the mother developing complications. This can in the form of gestational diabetes. Mothers who didn’t have diabetes prior to pregnancy exhibit high blood sugar levels, in most cases this is during the later stages of pregnancy, this could lead to pre-eclampsia and babies could be born with higher birth weights. If left unchecked mothers can develop type 2 diabetes post pregnancy.

Diabetes type 1, diabetes type 2 and gestational diabetes are the 3 types of diabetes. Diabetes type 1 is where little to none of insulin is being produced. Diabetes type 2 is the result of family history and poor healthy lifestyle and gestational diabetes is when a woman develops diabetes through her pregnancy.

4). There are two major types of diabetes mellitus, type 1 and type 2, and gestational diabetes is a third type that could occur during pregnancy. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the more common of the three types, attributing tor around 95 percent of new cases of diabetes (Prezbindowski & Porth, 2005 pg. 1309 para. 1). Diabetes mellitus is caused by one’s body having trouble breaking down foods they eat to convert to energy due to an inefficient supply of insulin or an inability to use insulin effectively. The source of the problem derives from beta cells located in the pancreas. These cells are special for their production of insulin and response to it. If there is a problem with the beta cells in the pancreas, then their inefficient supply and absorption of insulin results to an increased amount of glucose in the blood stream that cannot be absorbed sufficiently which leads to a diabetic condition. If one may suspect diabetes mellitus as a health condition they are experiencing, there are common signs and symptoms that are associated with the disease.

In gestational diabetes, this type of diabetes develops in women only during pregnancy. When a woman is pregnant there are a surge of varied hormones that are produced. These hormones sometimes lead to a pregnant woman developing resistance to the insulin just like the other two types of diabetes. It also comes about because the body cannot use the insulin that is produced, effectively. This usually affects a woman in her second trimester and goes away after the birth of the baby. Developing GD can put a woman at risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in her life or developing GD with every pregnancy that follows. It can also lead to certain health problems in their children like childhood obesity or the risk of developing diabetes in later life.

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic disease that involves the changes of blood glucose level in body systems. This disease usually inherited from generation to generation and sometimes it is due to lack of insulin produced by the pancreas. As the insulin produced is decreased, the blood glucose level will increase thus distressing the metabolism and damaging the body’s systems especially the blood vessels in kidneys, hearts, eyes and nervous systems (Nagappa et al., 2003).This disease have three different subtypes, type I (insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, IDDM), type II (non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, NIDDM) and gestational diabetes mellitus.

Between 5.5 and 8.8% of pregnant women develop GDM in Australia. Risk factors for GDM include a family history of diabetes, increasing maternal age, obesity and being a member of a community or ethnic group with a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. While the carbohydrate intolerance usually returns to normal after the birth, the mother has a significant risk of developing permanent diabetes while the baby is more likely to develop obesity and impaired glucose tolerance and/or diabetes later in life. Self-care and dietary changes are essential in treatment.

Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that develops only during pregnancy. Diabetes means your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Your body uses glucose for energy. Too much glucose in your blood is not good for a mother or her baby.

While most people know of the two main forms of diabetes, there are other forms of the disease that affect humans. The disease can give a warning to youngsters who are at risk of catching it, the recognition of which would push back the onset by a wide margin. Pregnant women can also develop diabetes during their term, which, if left unchecked, would lead to health problems in the baby. Besides complications during birth, the child has an increased chance of getting fat and also an increased chance of developing type 2 diabetes. These two unfamiliar forms of the disease are known as gestational diabetes and pre-diabetes.

There is Type 1, Type 2, and gestational diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is caused by autoimmune disease. Basically, the body’s immune system misidentifies cells as “outside invaders” and tries to kill them, even though the certain cell is harmless. In this case, those with Type 1 are unable to produce insulin at all because their immune system destroys the cells that make it. This diabetic condition is commonly described as juvenile diabetes due to the age group it is commonly found in. It is common among Northern European descent Unlike Type 1, the pancreas’s ability to produce insulin is not affected in Type 2 patients. But their body becomes resistant to insulin. To be insulin resistant means that the cells do not absorb glucose, hindering the body’s ability to use insulin effectively. Eventually, the amount of insulin produced becomes insufficient, resulting in Type 2 patients to have low levels of insulin. The third type of diabetes is uncommon and is different from Type 1 and Type 2. Known as gestational diabetes, this only occurs in pregnant women, and ends as soon as the pregnancy ends. Researchers suggest that the cause may be the fetus, which is “looking for Mommy to stock the buffet table with sugary glucose”.

Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that affects women during pregnancy (gestation) often at week 28 or at the third trimester. Diabetes is a condition where there is too much glucose in the blood.

According to the American Diabetes Association, the prevalence of gestational diabetes is as high as 9.2% in pregnant women due to obesity or being overweight. Not only can it be harmful to the mother, but it can also be harmful to her baby. Gestational diabetes can increase the chances of pregnant women delivering a baby that weighs more than 9 pounds. Having gestational diabetes can also increase the mother’s chance for needing a cesarean section delivery. Some other risk factors that the mother can be a candidate for developing gestational diabetes by is having a family history of diabetes (especially if a parent or sibling has diabetes) and having gestational diabetes in previous pregnancies. Pregnant women don’t need to have had diabetes before in order to develop gestational diabetes. They can just have high blood glucose levels during pregnancy to get gestational diabetes. There is a process in which the baby has to go through inside their mother’s womb. The placenta is what supports the baby as it grows. Hormones from the placenta help the baby develop. But these hormones also block the action of the mother 's insulin in her body. This problem is called insulin resistance. Insulin resistance makes it hard for the mother 's body to use insulin. She may need up to three times as much insulin. Gestational diabetes starts when your body is not able to make and use all the insulin it needs for pregnancy. Without enough insulin, glucose cannot leave the blood and be

Diabetes is little or no ability to move glucose out of the blood into the red blood cells. Nearly 16 million people have diabetes in the United States, which narrows it down to about 1 out of every seventeen people. About 2,150 new cases are diagnosed each day. Many of us do not clearly know what diabetes is and the different categories that it is classified in. The first type of diabetes that will be discussed is type 1 diabetes and steps that can be taken to diagnose diabetes. The second type of diabetes that will be talked about will be type 2 diabetes and how it effects patients. The third type of diabetes is gestational diabetes and how exercise can help control diabetes. This paper discusses type 1

Gestational diabetes is one of the most commonly seen conditions in pregnant women. Hormonal changes make it difficult for a mother to know if she has gestational diabetes. An expectant mother should educate herself on how to obtain a healthy pregnancy. Keeping a balanced diet and exercising will help with this condition and set the mothers mind at ease. Knowing that you are fueling not only your body, but also your growing baby’s body can eliminate most fears of harming the baby. In conclusion, gestational diabetes can be treated and monitored to help mothers maintain their health and their baby’s health.